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joining us from washington, john harwood. is this like when you do to pass a bill to see what's in it, kind of like the same thing, isn't it? >> i don't know about passing the bill to see what's in it, but on andrew's point and your point -- >> you're going to agree with andrew? wait a second. let me stop the presses here. >> i haven't said anything, dude. >> okay, go ahead. let's hear. >> my point is, yes, you can get to 28%, but remember, that simpson-bowles raises money. it's not revenue neutral. that's the difference. simpson-bowles raised a lot of revenue. and becky is right, look, presidential campaigns especially the last month are not where campaigns decide to lay out the difficult details. remember this, ronald reagan ran for re-election and there were vague illusions to tax reform. did he layout a tax reform plan? he did not. they passed tax reform in 1986. so of course journalists will press for details because it is difficult to make plans up. we can't know precisely how the obama administration proposes to raise
joining us from washington, john harwood. is this like when you do to pass a bill to see what's in it, kind of like the same thing, isn't it? >> i don't know about passing the bill to see what's in it, but on andrew's point and your point -- >> you're going to agree with andrew? wait a second. let me stop the presses here. >> i haven't said anything, dude. >> okay, go ahead. let's hear. >> my point is, yes, you can get to 28%, but remember, that simpson-bowles...
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john denver is in harwood tonight getting ready for -- no, john is in denver. >> rest in peace, john denver. >> great john, rocky mountain high. an adventurer flying around in one of those planes. >> 201,000 was the last -- >> adp was 201 and we got 90. >> we got adp on top of everything else, john. we had a horrible number last time. i don't really know, it really is different this time if you're able to tie the continuing bad jobs number to the prior president, then it really doesn't matter. it's like all bets are off compared to all those metrics we used to use where if it's above 7% or 8%, the incumbent has a problem. not if people believe it wasn't his fault. i'm not sure any of this really matters that much. >> well, but remember a couple things about that, joe. first of all, the unemployment rate's only one indicator, there are a lot of other things, the market, household -- mark zandy talks about households being in a lot better shape. that's one. the second is what we've seen in our polling is that people who are inclined to vote for obama are kind of reconciling their views
john denver is in harwood tonight getting ready for -- no, john is in denver. >> rest in peace, john denver. >> great john, rocky mountain high. an adventurer flying around in one of those planes. >> 201,000 was the last -- >> adp was 201 and we got 90. >> we got adp on top of everything else, john. we had a horrible number last time. i don't really know, it really is different this time if you're able to tie the continuing bad jobs number to the prior president,...
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john harwood joins us from new york. not d.c. this morning. good morning, john. it appears to me, and maybe i'm wrong, but this election is now increasingly far from over if it was ever over at all before. i'm looking at a cnn report, also nate silver saying new polls raise chance of an electoral college tie. what do you know? >> i had no idea what nate's talking about. t it is possible that we could have an electoral tie. highly unlikely. so i don't think the election's over. b obama has the lead. we still have a month to go. the next two weeks with three presidential, one vice presidential debates, we have a chance for mitt romney to set a different impression with the american people than he's been able to do so far. who knows what president obama will do and what events are happening in the world. but i'm not sure other than some tightening from a little surge that obama had which i think is receding a little bit, i'm not sure what nate is talking about. >> john, you wrote a column that talks about the debates and the impact of the debates traditionally. and
john harwood joins us from new york. not d.c. this morning. good morning, john. it appears to me, and maybe i'm wrong, but this election is now increasingly far from over if it was ever over at all before. i'm looking at a cnn report, also nate silver saying new polls raise chance of an electoral college tie. what do you know? >> i had no idea what nate's talking about. t it is possible that we could have an electoral tie. highly unlikely. so i don't think the election's over. b obama has...
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were you listening to john allison? >> i was. i enjoyed john's comments very much. >> were you ramming mortgages down unsuspecting -- >> no, i heard that comment. that hurt a little bit. >> he wasn't talking about you, barry, but there were people who were making mortgages they weren't checking out. that people couldn't even verify they were employed at that point. >> clearly, they were not a 100% angelic group. the vast majority, we're good people, though. and you have to remember these programs out there, when you're talking about a 580 fico score, 100% loan to value and no income verification, it was a bad idea. but it wasn't the mortgage companies that came up with this, it was the credit agencies, and nobody points a finger at them. and that's the thing almost maddening to see that they kind of got away with it scot-free. >> aig guaranteeing they had the credit default stuff they didn't put any insurance. it was a house of cards. >> a nationwide delusion. >> and neel was right. describe it that way, almost a global delusion,
were you listening to john allison? >> i was. i enjoyed john's comments very much. >> were you ramming mortgages down unsuspecting -- >> no, i heard that comment. that hurt a little bit. >> he wasn't talking about you, barry, but there were people who were making mortgages they weren't checking out. that people couldn't even verify they were employed at that point. >> clearly, they were not a 100% angelic group. the vast majority, we're good people, though. and you...
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and san francisco fed president john williams, different guy i think. when we say his name we should play "jaws" "star wars" "close encount encounters" different guy. he expects the fed to expand its bond buying program but end it before the end of 2014. williams says it will take more than a few months for the program to help bring unemployment down. okay, i wonder what cantor thinks of qe3. these guys have lost their mind. toys "r" us going to hire 45,000 seasonal holiday workers, 5,000 more than last year because of the internet and in-store stuff. at least 15% of those hired for the holidays got permanent jobs but he wouldn't say -- >> turnover. >> there was turnover, not like out of 40,000 you hire 6,000 new guys every year, that he's not what happens. >>> get a check on the markets this morning, we have seen green arrows after the markets yesterday close the down slightly. this morning up slightly. in europe we have seen some modest losses earlier when we were checking, at this point it's mixed, ftse up by 3 points, france and germany down slightl
and san francisco fed president john williams, different guy i think. when we say his name we should play "jaws" "star wars" "close encount encounters" different guy. he expects the fed to expand its bond buying program but end it before the end of 2014. williams says it will take more than a few months for the program to help bring unemployment down. okay, i wonder what cantor thinks of qe3. these guys have lost their mind. toys "r" us going to hire...
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>> it was john's first, you know, big hit back in 1984. things turned out okay for him. >> what is the maximum amount of alcohol you can put into a beer? is there a law? >> that's a good question. >> is there a law? >> no, it's more of the laws of physics and biology, and we've been working on that for 20 years, sam adams triple dark became the strongest beer in the world in 1992, and we're releasing the latest version of sam adams utopias, it weighs in at about 58 proof, so you know, you can push it pretty high. >> wow. jim, the reason i'm asking that's what i had. the liquor store in where i lived gets one six-pack of beer that was 57 proof and someone said here, try this. and he said try it for the taste, and you know, i drank it, i'm telling you, one bottle, it was like drinking a whole bottle of wine, i think. and i didn't have any more. they only had one bottle, that's when i really got angry, but. >> yeah e and it's $170 a bottle. >> it is? >> a bottle. >> it is? >> yeah, that two-ounce shot you had was about a $15 shot of beer. >>
>> it was john's first, you know, big hit back in 1984. things turned out okay for him. >> what is the maximum amount of alcohol you can put into a beer? is there a law? >> that's a good question. >> is there a law? >> no, it's more of the laws of physics and biology, and we've been working on that for 20 years, sam adams triple dark became the strongest beer in the world in 1992, and we're releasing the latest version of sam adams utopias, it weighs in at about 58...